Kirill Dmitriev

Chief Executive Officer, Russian Direct Investment Fund

Kirill Dmitriev, Chief Executive Officer, Russian Direct Investment Fund 

BA (Hons) in Economics, Stanford University; MBA (Hons), Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School. Started career at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey & Company. Formerly, managed large private equity funds and completed a series of landmark transactions for Russia. Since 2011, Chief Executive Officer, RDIF. Member: BRICS and APEC Business Councils; Supervisory Boards of leading Russian companies in mining, energy, telecom, banking and transportation; Board of Trustees, Mariinsky Theatre, and Moscow State University, Russian Institute of Theatre Arts GITIS and National History Fund; Chairman, Board of Trustees, State Oriental Museum; Vice-President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs; Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum (2009). Recipient of honours and awards, including: named among “100 most influential private equity professionals of the decade”, Private Equity International (2011); Order of Alexander Nevsky and the Order of Honour for valuable contribution to international investment projects and the socio-economic development of Russia; Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor for paramount contribution to strengthening cooperation between Russia and France; King Abdulaziz Second-Class Order of Merit for contribution to strengthening cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia; Order of Friendship for special achievements in the development of friendly relations and cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia